California State students protest aid blockade in Gaza with hunger strike [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Two dozen fasting students also press university system to divest from weapon manufacturers in list of demands
By Cy Neff
Mon 12 May 2025 06.00 EDT
About two dozen California State University students began a hunger strike last week to protest against starvation in Gaza due to Israel’s aid blockade, marking the latest act of political protest on college campuses.
The strikers – students from San Jose State, Sacramento State, San Francisco State and CSU Long Beach – began their fast on 5 May
“We, the students of San Francisco, Sacramento, Long Beach, and San Jose State Universities, are beginning a united hunger strike in solidarity with the two million Palestinians at risk of starvation in Gaza,” Students for Justice in Palestine wrote in a press release. They are also pushing the university system to divest from weapons manufacturers, among other stated goals.
The hunger strikes come as Israel’s aid blockade in Gaza passes its second month, and is facing mounting international criticism for the millions of Palestinians pushed toward famine, as well as Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich’s, recent assertion that “Gaza will be entirely destroyed.”
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Original link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/california-state-university-hunger-strike-gaza-israel-aid-blockade
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